The debate on all things hummus can be ferocious and passionate. Where was hummus originated? Who makes the best hummus? When to eat it? To chill or not to…
Gluten free/ Healthful Eats/ Heidi Swanson/ Savory/ Yotam Ottolenghi
Socca or Chickpea Pancake – Accompaniment @IHCC’s
The bag of chickpea flour has been waiting for action for a while. I’ve marked socca on my list of recipes to make for quite some time. I’m finally…
Another fancy cake from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking Chez Moi (page 103) is a challenge I can’t resist. Le Fraisier is the French cake that celebrates the fruit. This is…
What is jammer galette? Not until I’ve read Dorie’s instructions in Baking with Chef Moi several times and made them this weekend that I finally got it. It is…
wheat stalk braid around the oval loaf This is a sad looking pain de campagne despite my best efforts. Worst bread I’ve ever made; I don’t know why and…
This is the season of cookies making – and giving. I make these special macarons once a year for friends whom I don’t get to know as much as…
Red macaron cookies dressed with light green pistachio pastry cream (see chocolate eclair post) are echoing the winsome jolly spirits of the holidays season. For me, there was nothing more…